Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur: A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing, and Outsourcing
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- Anderson,Stephen J. & Mckenzie,David J., 2020. "Improving Business Practices and the Boundary of the Entrepreneur : A Randomized Experiment Comparing Training, Consulting, Insourcing and Outsourcing," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9502, The World Bank.
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